Listen up, Sonny boy. First off, we're all impressed with your military credentials. Of course, most of us were in the Gulf of Tonkin, the Med or the I.O. doing 11 month cruises while you were in diapers. So, don't come in here thinking your some big military "hero". You've just had your turn in the barrel doing the job we did before you could wipe your own butt.

As far as "professional courtesy" goes, you don't have clue about Unions OR the commercial aviation industry. We're trying to uphold the standards that generations of Airline pilots before us walked the line to get for us.

To consider some pi$$ant who'll work for substandard wages and zero benefits a "fellow professional" is ludicrous at best. Every time a pilot signs on with a non-Union carrier that undercuts Union contracts, he PROVES to airline managers that pilots will prostitute themselves for a type rating and some quick PIC time. The guys who cross picket lines to do it are called SCABS. You may have heard the term.

At any rate, thank you for your military service. Most of us in the left seat have served, too. And having walked MILES in your shoes, let me assure you: You're way off base on this topic.

As President Lincoln said: "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."

In your case, SonnyBoy, silence is golden.